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On the appeal of a woman’s conviction of possession of marijuana, the state conceded that the traffic stop that led
to the discovery of the drug was invalid. The Indiana Court of Appeals accordingly reversed the conviction.

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the denial of a couple’s motion for relief from judgment and request for attorney
fees in a foreclosure dispute, finding the couple established the party seeking to foreclose on their property acted in bad
faith.

The Indiana Court of Appeals found the trial court did not err in admitting the deposition testimony of a witness in a murder
case who refused to testify at trial and whom the defendant had a chance to examine at the deposition.

A defendant’s argument that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when police searched his vehicle and found pills
failed because the man abandoned his vehicle after the traffic stop. By fleeing, he relinquished any reasonable expectation
of privacy in the car, the Indiana Court of Appeals held.

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a man’s petition for post-conviction relief, finding neither his
trial nor appellate counsel were ineffective in his case involving a voluntary manslaughter conviction.

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that employees asking to be compensated for changing into safety clothing and walking
to their work stations are undermining the efforts of the union that represents them.

Pharmaceutical sales representatives from Eli Lilly & Co. and Abbott Laboratories were properly classified by their employers
under the administrative exemption to the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the 7th Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled. The lawsuit brought by employees of both companies raised an issue of first impression for the Circuit court.

As Court Appointed Special Advocate for Marion County, Child Advocates is celebrating its 30th anniversary, having assisted
more than 75,000 children since its inception. Today, the organization advocates for every child involved in a Marion County
abuse or neglect case – more than 5,000 annually – with the help of more than 400 volunteers.

Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced Monday that Indiana will recoup millions of dollars in two separate settlements of
multistate lawsuits against pharmaceutical maker Abbott Laboratories over illegal off-label marketing of its drug, Depakote.